Leaderboarding: Breaking down the Hall of Fame career of Ichiro Suzuki by the numbers

Ichiro is likely done playing in the majors. Let's dive into the numbers

We can't exactly call it a retirement just yet, but it sure seems like Ichiro Suzuki is done playing Major League Baseball. If you missed the news, here's the full story. Ichiro is a Hall of Famer once he's eligible, and it's times like these when I like to fire up the ol' Leaderboarding machine. The MLB Stat of the Day Twitter account gets the ball rolling.

Only 61 players in history have ever even had one 220-hit season. Ichiro did it five times. What if we go up to 230?

Most seasons with 230-plus hits

Yep.

3 - Ichiro2 - Freddie Lindstrom, Rogers Horsnby, George Sisler

Only 31 others even did it once.

Batting average by a lefty against a lefty

We made the requirement at least 300 plate appearances here.

Ty Cobb, .375

Tris Speaker, .350

Ichiro, .329

Bill Terry, .327

Tony Gwynn, .325

Babe Ruth, .324

Players to win MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same year

Fred Lynn, 1975

Ichiro, 2001

Most Gold Gloves, outfielders

12 - Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays

10 - Ken Griffey Jr., Al Kaline, Ichiro

Ichiro led the majors in hits seven times, steals once and batting average once. He won his league batting title twice. He led the AL in intentional walks three times, an especially impressive feat for a non-power hitter. He won three Silver Sluggers in addition to all those Gold Gloves. He was a 10-time All-Star. He's a career .311 hitter.

And he will be a Hall of Famer whenever he hasn't played in MLB for five years.

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Matt Snyder has been a baseball writer with CBS Sports since 2011. A member of the BBWAA, he's now covered every World Series since 2010. The former Indiana University baseball player now lives on the...
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